Steve arrived safely after some great meetings up north, and he brought my dad with him for a few-days' visit! We have been so enjoying having Daddy home and Papa here too. Here is a pic from the first afternoon after they arrived - soaking off all the traveling in the volcanic hot springs.
Today we celebrated Ben's bday. His actual bday is next week, but the kids and I will be in Thailand at a homeschool conference so we wanted to celebrate now, in the brief window that we are together as a family this month.Here is a pic of our tradition - opening presents on Skype so that Grandma can see. Ben got the Lego StarWars he had been wanting. He was so excited that it was hard for him to keep talking to Grandma after opening it. :)
After our skype calls to both grandparents, we left for Lago del Rey - a lake with inflatable floating things for climbing on. We all had a great time jumping and climbing. Odd how much harder it is for us older, heavier people than it is for the little ones.
the birthday boy
excited about the hotwheels crashing thing (not sure the official name :) )
The Buchanan family joined us for the party as did our coworkers, Terry and Michelle. These are the 3 Buchanan kids - sure are going to miss them when they move back to Australia next month!!!
Happy Birthday, precious boy. We love you more than you can fathom, and we can't wait to see the amazing things that God is going to do in and through you in the years to come.
After our skype calls to both grandparents, we left for Lago del Rey - a lake with inflatable floating things for climbing on. We all had a great time jumping and climbing. Odd how much harder it is for us older, heavier people than it is for the little ones.
the birthday boy
excited about the hotwheels crashing thing (not sure the official name :) )
The Buchanan family joined us for the party as did our coworkers, Terry and Michelle. These are the 3 Buchanan kids - sure are going to miss them when they move back to Australia next month!!!
Happy Birthday, precious boy. We love you more than you can fathom, and we can't wait to see the amazing things that God is going to do in and through you in the years to come.---------------------------------
We are off to Thailand on Sunday am for our annual homeschool conference. Pls pray for safe travels, good health all week and that the kids would relax and be confident for their testing so that it would show us what we need to work on.
6 comments:
Great pictures! That lake place looks fun but I can imagine it would be easier for the kids - ha!
Also you've got to love Skype...that's great that your family got to "participate" on his birthday.
Will keep you guys in my prayers - hope Thailand goes well.
Happy Birthday, Ben!! You are growing up so fast! We sure do miss your hugs and smiles. We love you!!
Happy Birthday Ben! Levi loves your cool Star Wars legos! (Btw, love that pic of the kids with your dad at the top!) Praying for you and the kids this weekend. Have a great time in Thailand.
Happy Birthday, Benny!! Hope you guys have a great time in Thailand! Miss you!!
Happy Birthday Ben!
Yall have the coolest water places around you. Nice.
I seriously cannot believe Ben is 6! I just went back to look at our pics from virginia and he was just a baby. SOOO...I did a little birthday shout out with some pics of us from 5 years ago. check out my blog. Happy Birthday Ben!
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